DETECTION OF CHLAMYDIOSIS IN DOMESTIC DUCKS IN GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT.

Authors

1 Animal Health Research Inst.Dokki,Giza,Egypt

2 Hyg. Dept., Albaath Univ., Fac. Vet. Med. Syria.

3 Dept. of Hygiene, Husbandry & Zoonoses, Fac. Vet. Med., Cairo University.

4 Animal Health Research Inst. Dokki,Giza,Egypt

Abstract

Cloacal swabs were collected from 156 domestic ducks at Giza Governorate. Chlamydia was isolated in embryonated chicken eggs and by mice inoculation. To demonstrate chlamydia, impression smears were made from yolk sac of inoculated eggs, the liver and spleen of inoculated mice. Complement fixation test (CFT) was applied, using yolk sac of inoculated eggs as an antigen. The prevalence rate of Chlamydiosis in ducks amounted to 69.23%.